Hetkeen ole tullut Nordic-julkaisujen rintamalla kierreltyä, joten ainakin itselle Cool Shopin ennakkoilmoitus Paramount Pictures -julkaisusta Pet Sematary Two - Uinu, uinu lemmikkini 2 (1992) tulee positiivisena yllätyksenä. Eikä vähiten, kun huomioi kansikuvan bannerin Remastered Version, mikä Paramountin julkaisuhistorian(kin) huomioiden yleensä myös merkitsee jotain. Olipa taas onni matkassa ettei taannoin tullut hankittua leffan ylihintaista A-aluelukittua Shout! Factory -julkaisua. Alustava julkaisupäivä 04.07.2022
Severin Films has announced that it will release on Blu-ray Cedric Sundstrom 's The Shadowed Mind (1988), starring Towje Kleiner, Rufus Swart, and Adrienne Pearce. The release will be available for purchase later this month. Description; "In 1988, South African filmmaker Cedric Sundström – whose underground short SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN… had provoked global outrage and accolades – took a group of skilled actors to a disused railway warehouse in Pretoria to shoot the story of an unorthodox asylum for the sexually insane. With a semi-improvised script, a Roeg-meets-Argento style palette, and startling bursts of graphic violence and nudity, it was immediately banned by the government." "It has remained virtually unseen – anywhere in the world – until now. Rufus Swart (DUST DEVIL), Adrienne Pearce (PURGATORY) and Simon Sabela (ZULU DAWN) star in this psycho-sexual shocker from the producer of STONE (1974), now scanned uncut in 2K from the director's own 35mm print – the only film element in existence – and featuring a career-spanning interview with Sundström."
British distributors 88 Films have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Danny Bilson 's Zone Troopers (1985), starring Tim Thomerson, Timothy Van Patten, Art LaFleur, Biff Manard, and Max Turilli. The release will be available for purchase on June 20. Description: "This zany, low budget science fiction feature somehow combines Nazisploitation with spaceships and horror to create a cartoonish romp through a history that never was." "When a World War II American military patrol gets lost behind enemy lines in Italy and stumbles upon a crashed alien spacecraft, they quickly come to realise they must join forces with the surviving extra-terrestrials if they are to defeat a Nazi crack team who are hell-bent on using alien technology to win the war." "Madcap, fun and charmingly cheap, this daft science fiction potboiler is a must for all collectors of cult 80s movies!" Special Features and Technical Specs: • Audio Commentary by Film Journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz • Kim Newman on Zone Troopers - An Interview with Film Critic Kim Newman • Pulp History - Revisiting Zone Troopers - an Interview with Director / Writer Danny Bilson • Not From this Planet - The Making Of Zone Troopers featuring interviews with Executive Producer Charles Band, Writer and Director Danny Bilson, Editor Ted Nicolau and Composer Richard Band • Original Trailer • Stills Gallery • Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature • An illustrated booklet with writing by critic Tim Murray • REGION-B "LOCKED" • First pressing only: matter laminated slipcase
Code Red/ Kino Lorber Studio Classics Mercenary Fighters (1988) Alustava julkaisupäivä: 23.08.2022. Blu-ray Extras Include: • Brand New 2K Master • Theatrical Trailer • Optional English Subtitles
Twentieth Century Studios and Disney will bring to 4K Blu-ray Michael Mann's Heat (1995), starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, and Tom Sizemore. The release will be available for purchase on August 9. Description: When Al Pacino and Robert De Niro square off, Heat sizzles. Written and directed by Michael Mann, Heat includes dazzling set pieces and a bank heist that USA Today's Mike Clark calls "the greatest action scene of recent times." It also offers "the most impressive collection of actors in one movie this year" (Newsweek). Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore and Ashley Judd are among the memorable supporting players in this tale of a brilliant L.A. cop (Pacino) following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by an equally brilliant master thief (De Niro). Special Features and Technical Specs: PREVIOUSLY REMASTERED IN 4K HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM DTS-HD MASTER AUDIO 5.1 TRACK Academy Panel reuniting Mann, Pacino and De Niro and moderated by Christopher Nolan Toronto International Film Festival Q&A with Mann Audio Commentary by Michael Mann The Making of Heat True Crime Crime Stories Into the Fire Pacino and De Niro: The Conversation Return to the Scene of the Crime Additional Footage - Deleted Scenes Scene 5 - Season's starting early Scene 42 - Nicest guy on the block Scene 55 - Albert and Hanna (Alternate Take) Scene 62 – Shakedown Scene 76 - Murder in C-Block Scene 96A - Let's Dance Scene 125 - Late arrival Scene 148/147 - Where's Anna? Scene 177B - Double the worst trouble Scene 191 - Nate delivers Scene 204A - No response Theatrical Trailers Surprise of a Lifetime Two Actors Collide Closing In Optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles for the main feature Nyt ollaan asian äärellä.
^Miksiköhän kesti niin kauan julkaista Heat kun muistaakseni julkaisusta oli mainintaa jo 1-2 vuotta sitten?
Sanopa muuta. Lisäksi vaikuttaa vahvasti siltä, ettei leffan yksikään uusista julkaisuista (ainakaan 1080p -formaatissa) tule saavuttamaan lähimainkaan Geneon (2012) Japanissa julkaisemassa painoksessa kuultavan äänimiksauksen ylivoimaisesti parasta dialogiosuuksien äänenvoimakkuuden tasoa ja tasapainoisempaa erottelevuutta suhteessa elokuvassa esitettyyn muuhun äänimaailmaan. Tämäkin huolimatta faktasta, että kyseessä on 48kHz/16-bit esitys. Julkaisujen äänimiksauksien eroavaisuuksista puhuttaessa tuntuu velvollisuudelta julkituoda ja muistuttaa myös klassikon aseman itselleen oikeutetusti ansainneesta Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Kuninkaan mies maailman laidalla (2003), jonka 20th Century Fox:n Australiassa 2008 julkaistu painos pyyhkii pöytää leffan tiettävästi kaikilla muilla olemassaolevilla julkaisuilla LFE-kanavan tarjoaman häätöuhan edestä. Näin vain yhden moisen mainitakseni...
Hyvä osoitus siitä, että kuluttaja-audiossa 16 bittiä on vallan tarpeeksi. Joku 13 bittiä riittäisi jopa. Suuremmasta bittisyvyydestä on iloa vain studiossa äänite-tuotannossa, koska käytännön syistä reipas dynamiikan "turvamarginaali" on hyväksi. Digitaalinen äänitekniikka on 2000-luvulla sillä tasolla, että äänenlaatu on täysin kiinni tuotantojen, miksausten ja masterointien tasosta. Siinä ei bittisyvyydet ja näytetaajuudet mitään muuta, kunhan ollaan niiden osalta järjellisillä vesillä.
DVDComparen mukaan tuo on identtinen Skandi/UK-julkaisun kanssa. Mene ja tiedä sitten. Jos on oikeasti tietoa tuon ääniraidan paremmuudesta niin saattaisin jopa olla kiinnostunut sen hankkimaan. https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=12845
Compare ei ole tie autuuteen eikä sen alati päivittyvä tietokanta sen enempää kirkossa kuulutettu kuin kiveenkään hakattu, kuten yleisesti varsin hyvin tiedossa. Nämä nyanssit läpikäydään varsin usein asialle vihkiytyneitten ja luotettavien yksityisten elokuvaharrastajien testipenkeissä jo siitäkin syystä, ettei virallisilla tahoilla riitä aikaa-kiinnostusta-rahaa...jotain muuta, mitä(?), pistä rasti ruutuun.
Ok. Sitten vain linkkiä johonkin "vihkiytyneitten testipenkkiin" missä tuo aussijulkaisun paremmuus on uskottavasti todettu. En väitä kivenkovaan ettei se voisi olla erilainen mutta pelkkä teikäläisen sana ei oikein riitä. Ei nyt kannata vetää hernettä nenään kun en ole tässä riitaa haastamassa vaan tietoa hakemassa. (jota teikäläisellä ilmeisesti on ?)
Juuri tämän tähden jahkailin ohikiitävän hetken hela hoidon tapetille nostoa tässä yhteydessä, kun ei niitä perkeleen linkkejä enää meikäläiseltä löydy. Vielä muutama vuosi takapakkia niitä oli teratavu turvoksissa. Digisiivous ja mobiililaitteistopäivitys piti osaltaan huolen, että henkilökohtainen ylimielisyys "kyllähän noista nyt tärkeimmät muistaa" on ruokkinut traumoja näihin päiviin ja totta helvetissä tällaisina hetkinä, kuinkas muuten. En edes yritä jatkaa. Ahkerat nettinuohoojat palkittanee, vaikka vaivaa saa nähdä Porvoon mitalla. Omaan kokoelmaan on "mainitun tietomäärän" pohjalta hankittu monen kirjava joukko eri maiden 1080p painoksia, joiden kuvatekninen toteutus sekä mm. äänimiksausten viimeistely eroaa edukseen elokuvan sisarjulkaisusta, mitä mainittavimmassa määrin. Näitä on toisinaan perattu keräilijäkollegoiden kanssa ihan tosissaan, mutta vuodet vierii ja kovin kiinnostus noin aikaa kysyvään toimintaan vaatii veronsa. Kasvotusten tai puhelimessa noista jaksaa vielä turista asialle vihkiytyneitten Blu-ray puristien parissa, mikä (sanomattakin selvää) on tuhannesti mielekkäämpää ja palkitsevampaa kuin yksikään ruudun edessä tuhlattu aikayksikkö maallisesta vaelluksesta.
Sidekicks Blurayna julkaistaan Itävallassa 20.6. ja tietysti limited edition painoksina 222/444/444 https://bluray-disc.de/forum/topic/189834-de-sidekicks-1992-cover-a-b-c-mediabook/
Australian label Via Vision Entertainment has informed us that it plans to release a seven-disc Blu-ray box set with six films directed by Walter Hill. The box set, which will be part of the Imprint Collection, will arrive on the market later this summer. The films in the box set are: Hard Times (1975), The Driver (1978), The Long Riders (1981), Extreme Prejudice (1987), Johnny Handsome (1989), and Broken Trail (2006). Exact technical specs and supplemental features to be included on the discs in the box set are detailed in the individual press sheets below. All titles will be made available for pre-order at imprintfilms.com.au and Amazon.Australia. The label has also confirmed that six additional titles will be announced on Friday, July 1.
British label 101 Films has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Ed Hunt 's sci-fi thriller The Brain (1988), starring Tom Bresnahan, Cynthia Preston, David Gale, George Buza, and Susannah Hoffmann. The release will be available for purchase on August 1. Description: "Imagine a pulsating mass of grey matter, expanding in size and strength as it takes control of human minds and devours human bodies. It could never happen, right? Just watch Independent Thinking, starring Dr. Anthony Blakely (David Gale, Re-Animator), a hot TV programme. But as the show's ratings continue to soar, so does the suicide and murder rate among its viewers. What they don't know is that Dr. Blakely has teamed with an alien brain and plans to gain control of all humanity." Special Features and Technical Specs: • NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE • NEW Sounds of the Mind: Paul Zaza on the Brain • Audio Commentary with director Ed Hunt • Audio Commentary with composer Paul Zaza • Audio Commentary with actor Tom Bresnahan • Canada on the Mind – An interview with actress Cynthia Preston • From Monster Kid to Monster Man – An interview with actor George Buza • Brain Art – An interview with assistant art director Michael Borthwick • Food For Thought: A Love Letter To The Brain • Still Gallery • Limited Edition Booklet: Includes 'Ed Trauma' by Andrew Graves and 'Thoughts for Food: TV Terrors and other prevalent anxieties in The Brain' by Liam Hathaway • Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature • REGION-B "LOCKED" Synapse Films has revealed that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of Jeff Lieberman 's Satan's Little Helper (2004), starring Alexander Brickel, Katheryn Winnick, Stephen Graham, Amanda Plummer, and Wass Stevens. Currently, the release is scheduled to arrive on the market on October 25. Label description: "Nine-year-old Douglas Whooly (Alexander Brickel, PALINDROMES) is obsessed with the handheld video game "Satan's Little Helper," and annoyed that the attention of his big sister Jenna (Katheryn Winnick, TV's VIKINGS and BIG SKY) is being distracted by her new boyfriend Alex (Stephen Graham). These two concerns collide on Halloween, when Douglas witnesses a serial killer in a devil mask (Joshua Annex) posing his victims like outdoor All Hallow's Eve displays. Not comprehending how real the carnage is, Douglas becomes this Satan's little helper—and that's very bad news for Alex, for Douglas and Jenna's mom Merrill (Amanda Plummer, PULP FICTION, Netflix's RATCHED), and ultimately for their entire town." A different kind of Halloween horror film, SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER combines grisly killings with a mile-wide streak of savage humor. Written and directed by cult favorite Jeff Lieberman (SQUIRM, BLUE SUNSHINE, JUST BEFORE DAWN), it satirizes the way video games can seize hold of young minds, and is driven by the inability of Douglas (and others) to distinguish the Satan Man's nasty crimes from All Hallow's prankery. Featuring one of Plummer's most eccentric performances, SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER has built a cult following on video and now makes its high-definition Blu-ray debut, carrying a bagful of supplementary treats! Special Features and Technical Specs: • FULLY UNCUT PRESENTATION OF THE FILM • Audio Commentary from Director Jeff Lieberman • Vintage Behind-the-Scenes Featurette • The Devil in the Details: Making Satan's Little Helper • Mr. Satan's Neighborhood: A Tour of the Filming Locations with Director Jeff Lieberman • Promotional Trailer • Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature Severin Films has dated its standard retail 4K Blu-ray release of Jess Franco 's thriller Faceless (1987), starring Brigitte Lahaie, Helmut Berger, Telly Savalas, Christopher Mitchum, and Florence Guérin. The release will be available for purchase on August 30. Official description: "For his 1988 big-budget EuroSleaze classic inspired by Eyes Without a Face, director Jess Franco brought together an international all-star cast -- including Helmut Berger (THE DAMNED), Brigitte Lahaie (THE FEMALE EXECUTIONER), Chris Mitchum (SUMMERTIME KILLER), Stéphane Audran (COUP DE TORCHON), Caroline Munro (MANIAC) and Telly Savalas -- for a glossily depraved tale of disfigurement, dismemberment, libidinous brutes, Nazi surgeons, Parisian discos, face-ripping, throat-stabbing, eyeball-piercing and what may be Uncle Jess' most rewardingly ambiguous ending ever." Anton Diffring (CIRCUS OF HORRORS) and Florence Guérin (CALIGULA & MESSALINA) co-star -- with appearances by Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF) and Lina Romay -- in this unapologetically graphic shocker, now scanned for the first time in 4K from the original negative. Special Features and Technical Specs: • BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE • NEW The Female Predator - Interview with Actress Brigitte Lahaie • NEW Facial Recognition - Interview with Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies: A Critical Guide to Horror Films • NEW Parisian Encounters - Face-To-Face with actress Caroline Munro • NEW Predators of The Night - Interview with Stephen Thrower, author of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco • Archival audio commentary with director Jess Franco and actress Lina Romay • EPK Interviews with Actors Helmut Berger, Chris Mitchum and Telly Savalas • Archival Interview with Director Jess Franco • Archival Interview with Actor Chris Mitchum • Selected Scene Commentary with Chris Mitchum • Therese II: The Mission (1987) - parody Short Starring Brigitte Lahaie • French Trailer • English Trailer • 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO PACK
VCI Horror Movies julkaisee kauan odotetun Terror At Tenkiller - Kauhuloma (1988), joka saa osakseen 4K restauroinnin! Alustava julkaisupäivä 25.10.
British label Second Sight has detailed three upcoming Blu-ray releases: Monster (2003), The Mummy (1959), and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974). The releases will be available for purchase later this year.
Aijaijaijai! Yksi odotetuimmista. Unearthed Films has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Danny Lee and Billy Tang 's Dr. Lamb (1992), starring Danny Lee, Simon Yam, Kent Cheng, and Erik Kei. The release will be available for purchase on August 9. Official description: "A mentally disturbed taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are brutally murdered. He likes to take photos of the victims' dismembered bodies as his special mementos after sex with their corpses and stores their severed breasts in pickle jars. Inspector Lee and his team are called onto the case in this bizarre, nasty, and notorious Cat III film." Special Features and Technical Specs: • NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FULLY UNCUT VERSION OF THE FILM • NEW Audio Commentary From Art Ettinger (Ultra Violent) And Bruce Holecheck (Cinema Arcana) • NEW Lamb To The Slaughter: An interview with filmmaker Gilbert Po who initiated The Dr Lamb Film Project • NEW Cut And Run: Film Academic Sean Tierney a.k.a. The Silver Spleen remembers Dr Lamb • NEW Three Times The Fear: Film critic James Mudge on the Golden Era of Category III • Collectors Booklet • Trailers